Museum Tinguely

Bruce Conner
Light out of Darkness

Exhibition
05.05.21 – 28.11.21

Opening
04.05.21, 11:00 – 20:00

Bruce Conner, CROSSROADS, 1976 35mm, black/white, sound, 37min. Courtesy Kohn Gallery and the Conner Family Trust. © Conner Family Trust
Bruce Conner, CROSSROADS, 1976 35mm, black/white, sound, 37min. Courtesy Kohn Gallery and the Conner Family Trust. © Conner Family Trust
Bruce Conner, CROSSROADS, 1976 35mm, black/white, sound, 37min. Courtesy Kohn Gallery and the Conner Family Trust. © Conner Family Trust
Bruce Conner, CROSSROADS, 1976 35mm, black/white, sound, 37min. Courtesy Kohn Gallery and the Conner Family Trust. © Conner Family Trust
Bruce Conner, A MOVIE, 1958. Installation view in the exhibition «Bruce Conner. Light out of Darkness » © 2021, Museum Tinguely; photo: Matthias Willi
Bruce Conner, A MOVIE, 1958. Installation view in the exhibition «Bruce Conner. Light out of Darkness » © 2021, Museum Tinguely; photo: Matthias Willi
Bruce Conner, CROSSROADS, 1976 35mm, black/white, sound, 37min. Courtesy Kohn Gallery and the Conner Family Trust. © Conner Family Trust
Bruce Conner, CROSSROADS, 1976 35mm, black/white, sound, 37min. Courtesy Kohn Gallery and the Conner Family Trust. © Conner Family Trust

Bruce Conner (1933–2008) is as legendary for his critical attitude to the art world as he is for his role as the father of the video clip. His work in many media is political and subversive, with an immediate sensuality that goes straight under the skin. The exhibition centres on his film works, including CROSSROADS (1976) that assembles footage of the first U.S. underwater atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946 into a 36-minute study on the horror and sublimity of this apocalyptic event.

Artist
Bruce Conner

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Location

Museum Tinguely
Paul Sacher-Anlage 2
P.O. Box 3255
4002 Basel
Switzerland
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Website
https://www.tinguely.ch

Published on: 11.04.21